Ordinary people[ VERSE 1 ]Oops, I guess I should stop singin and start bringin the funkThe niggeroe sings a rap and have you clappin I gets busy, cause I never fall, I excel Never takin no shorts, so here's my tall taleOnce upon the clock It was hard growing up with no popsBut moms did the supernatural, veryExtra-ordinary Person that she isShe finished college, three kids at home cryinBut never got fed up, and kept her head up'I shoot for the sky' is what she said, itGot embeddedIn my skull That's how I got soul To reach ya through your speakerMy mother alone helped me to be meSo that's my role model, not an idiot on tvUsed to do it like thisAnd like that, and like thisBut since she never let me join a gang I couldn't g thangSo for all her prayers at night under the church steepleI give thanks to my mother, one of those very extra-ordinary people[ VERSE 2 ]Now dig it, 2-(4)-6-8I guess that I appreciateAnd consider that niggas who work hard is the superstars(Ordinary) people with families, that have kidsShould be put on a pedestal, not averageTreatment for our mother and fathers, and if you ask meI'll say: you put your family first, before an athleteBut everybody want to be somebody special, whoCan grab a microphone, or put a ball through a hoopAnd it's okay to like MikeEven I would, if I drank GatoradeBut I'm too busy funkin your trunk with all this 808To worry about that, I'm worried bout this If you agree, then pump your fistIf you're proud (Say it loud!)To show you're pissedOff at the news and media, because they swearThat all black people are menaces and holler and cheerBut since there's so many others that want justice, I know we will Start respectin others as brothers and come together, all of the...Ordinary people[ VERSE 3 ]Ordinary people make the world turnI learned that if you work hard in life Then it counts the way the balls bounceI wrote this to give a message, I'll be glad if it Switches your goal from bein a gangsta to a graduateAnd if you listened close to what I said, you learned a lesson, andHeard that all the average Jones' are no greater, or no lesser thanStars, cause all we all are is equalSo shut off your tv set, and show respect to some of the...Ordinary people